Nailless horseshoe



- (ModeL) S. PRUDEN;

NAILLESS HORSESHOB.

Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

awuemhz A 351 attozwu UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SILAS PRUDEN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NlAILLESS H'ORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,401, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed September 16,1889. $erial No. 324,133. (ModeL) declare the following to be a full, clear, and' exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, and has for its object to provide a shoe which may be easily adjusted and removed, and thus without great inconvenience giving rest and health to a horses hoof by allowing him to go barefooted much of the time, and also to provide means for securing the same firmly to the hoof without driving nails into the same, and thus injuring and cracking the hoof, and to provide means for allowing the shoe to expand or widen with the growth of the hoof.

My invention consists in the construction of the shoe proper of two plates, an upper and a lower, secured together by screws and hinged at the front portion, the upper plate being provided with small projecting points, which enter the hoof a slightdistance to hold the shoe rigid, while the said upper plates are provided with straps which are designed to hold the shoe on the hoof.

Myinvention consists,further,in other minor details of construction,which will be described hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of ahorses hoof with my improved shoe attached. Fig. 2 isa bottom view of the shoe, showing the working of the hinge. Fig. 3 is a sectional, view through the hinge.

A indicates the hoof, to which is secured the shoe B, said shoe consisting of the upper portion or plate a, to which the straps C are connected, and the lower or wearin g plate I), which is secured to the upper plate by means of screws, so that when the plate 1) becomes so worn as to be unfit for use it can be replaced by a new one, which will be secured to the plate a as was the old one. By this provision it'will be seen that the shoe is a permanent one, havinga wearing-plate, and that said plate can be aifixed to the upper or permanent one with but little work.

The shoe, besides consisting of two plates, is made in halves and hinged, as shown at D, by means of pivots passing down through the plates, which are made so that one will overlap the other each set having a separate pivot.

The screws E, which hold the plates together, enter from the top plate and enter the bottom or wearing plate at the calks F in order to make it the more substantial. Two small pins dare secured in the lower plateand project upward to fit in corresponding holes in the upper plate to give rigidity to the shoe. The upper plate on each of its sides is provided with two recesses, having pintles secured therein, so that the sockets of a metallic hinge H maybe fastened around said pintles and sit in the recess.

To the wing g of the hinges is secured in a suitable manner the straps 0, one of the ends of which is provided with a buckle, by which it is fastened over the upper front part of the hoof. Another strap I is secured to the strap 0 just above the rear hinge, and buckles with I its corresponding strap above the hoof at the back. I

The plate a has two or more projecting points, which extend into the hoof, which, as before stated, serve to keep the shoe rigid and in its place.

The wings of the four hinges are each provided with a projection or spur f, which is 2. In a horseshoe, the combination of the tially as specified, and for the purpose set upper and thedetachable lower wearing-plate, forth. 10 each plate consisting of two parts and hinged In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in independently of the other, the upper and the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lower plates being secured together, and the SILAS PRUDEN. upper plate being provided with small spurs Witnesses:

or projections, and recesses on each side with WV. S. JAMES,

pintles fastened therein, and straps, substan- N. J. CLARKE. 

